Safety hook



Oct. 6, 1931. I 5 5, MIX I 1,826,564

SAFETY HOOK Filed Nov. 5, 1930 INVENTOR EIZu/ h 6. N1)! IATI'ORNEY F'atenited Uct. 6. 1931 UNITED, s'rArEs ra'rnnr orr'rcs v EDWIN syivrix, or ROOHESTER, NEW YoRigAssIG'no T mexe m s cmmse COMPANY, me, or ROCHESTER, NEW Yoir, AQORPOBATIONOF NEW YORK SAFETY: nook;

Application filed November The present invention relates to safety i hooks'and an object thereof is to provide a ofthe eye;

simple and inexpensive construction which will eii'ectiv'ely hold a device to which it is attached. e

To these and other ends, the invention consistsv of certain parts and combinations of parts, all of which'will be'hereinafter described, the novel features being pointed out in the appended claims. In thedrawings: 1

Fig. 3is an end view of the guard; Fig. 4 is a detail view ofthe free end of th hook; I

Fig. 5' is a side view partially in section of another embodiment of the invention; and

, Fig. '6 illustratesa-method by which the hook shown in Fig; may be made from a strip of-round stock. I

The embodiment of the. invention illusl trated in Figs. ljto 4, is formedfrom a rod of half round stock which is bent to provide a hook comprising along arm 1 and a short arm 2 connected by a bend 3, the long and short arms converging and the short arm being spaced from the long arm at the other end to provide :a permanently formed throat 4. This stock is also bent in overlapping relation as shown in Fig. l'so that'fiat faces of the 'half round stock abut to provide a shank 1 i and an eye forming portion'the throat tbeing'formed bet-ween the end of the, short arm 2 and. the end of the overlapspaced from the bend 6 between ping portions of the stock. Screw threads 5 are formed on the two overlapping portions leading from the inner end of the arm land I w the two A guard 7 internally threaded at 8 near 7 one end is fittedonthe screw portion 5, after which the metal adjacent the bend 6 is spread and formed intoan eye 9 thus holding the guard 7 on the screw threaded shank 5 between the eye and'the' hook. The guard 7 has and the shank of the hook.

I end opposite the internally threaded por- I tion-8 provided with aninternal flare 10, the walls of which are formedwith serrations. *Thisiinternally flared portion 10 is adapt-ed to receive the inner end of the arm 1 and th'e *freeend of the arm 2 so as to close the throat 4 when the flared portion lOis projected beyond thesc'rew threaded shank 5 and at the a same timezto reduce the exposed opening of the hooke- The end of this short arm- 2 may be provided I with serrations 11 and cooperation between the serrationsll and the serrations rin the fiared portiondfl tends to lock or hold the "guard 7 inrguarding position, there be- '1 ing'va slight resiliency in the arm '2" which permits it to yield'as the arm slips over the "serrations on the flaredlportion 10.

In the embodiment of the invention shown 111 Figsto and- -6,the hook and the shank with the eye are-formed from round stock as ilnm tes in Fig. 6. This stock is'cut longitudinally atl2 and also in opposite directions (at "18 at oppositeends ofthe longitudinal cut 12 to provide two? hook forming portionsof two different devices. The cylindricalpon.

then bent to form a long. armlr" and a short 2 connected by abend 3*. The guard 7 is 'now fitted on the screw threaded portion, after which the portion: 6 is flattened :to spread or enlarge the same and the perforation 9 is provided, thus holding the guard against accidental removal between the eye portion and the hook on the externally threaded shank- In both embodiments of the invention, there is provided a hook having a permanently formed throat between the end of the hook The shank is externally threaded and is engaged by external threads formed near one end of a rotary guard, the other end of the rotary guard having an internally flared portion to receive the free end of the hook and the inner end of the long arm of the hook. Cooperating Q I negates; j

closing positiod The eye at the end of the shank'opposite thehook is formed after the guard is placed on the shank and holds the short. arm beingispaced from the shank tq v,

guard for eperation between the eye and the 7 hook.

What Ifclaiin-as inventionland; desire 1' tov secure by Le'tters Patent is'z e 1.- A hook comprising a threaded shank, an I v he'opposite end'df the shankyth e 1 v define a 'throatand the long arm being CO'n nectedfibethe a ingt outer divergent ends of the arms, and a guard t v V -threadedgon:theshankand-having. a flared @zj v V0119eni'ngto receive the'convergin'g-ends'ofithe-v w 'a;rms-;and close the said'throati. I

1 2. A hook comprisinga threaded shank, an

420 V ;-shank,-v-dutwsirdlydivergent armsof different I glengths at the ;.0pposite end of the shank, the Y short 'arm b.eingjspacedfrom theshankto 'Jdefine a throat-end-the lcng arm'bein geon- I $325 I OIiterY'diVergent EIIdSOfjZ-hGfHJImS; and a guard gthreaded o n the shank-13nd having a 'fiare'd enlarged engaging element at one end of the" nectedfitdthe sha'iik a cennecticn'uniting the 1 i V I f op'ening' to receive the'lconverg ingendsef they; aiims'rand cleselthesaid threat, the opposing faces of the sheltei'ln 'and'the flared'wall of the guard being serrated engage teecui'e'the -nstiaccidentalf v r I,

.gllaQ a having: an end portion 1 f01dedfupcn itself to .tbeingrspread gto define-an-eye and having the j "opposite endp'ortionbent tozfbpmdivergent =42 long. and ,shortear xnsg anda connecting per- 10 y e shortfirm-dieing spaced; from the. shank t0 provide ashank ,whi'chfisgthr'eaded; the ,fold

tion unitin i the; outer; endszzof the arms, the

:apfoyiidevzi thr 0at,=end=a guard threaded upon athe'shaenkibetweengthetsaid eye and-arms and havinge flared opening to receive the; conmerging ends of the amns and close the throat, 1

itthefppplo's'ing faicesfofthe 'shQr-t a'rmand the jlflaredr wall-zofthe guai'dbeinggserrated t v u t 'ipo'sitively"interengage- ,tc' secure-jtheguard against accidental displacement; j 1 s 

